Cody Turkey Calls!
05-19-2013, 03:53 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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05-19-2013, 04:00 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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I bought my first woodhaven this year after hearing good things it was a glass. The call was ok but just didnt quite have that realism I expected. I judge realism simply by could u tell that's a call you may even say that's a pretty good call but u know its a call none the less. IMO Cody particular slate Cody's are almost impossible to decipher from a wild hen.
I understand no 2 hens sound the same but I'm sure u have all heard the guy whaling away on a paddle box call it doesn't take a seasoned pro to tell u that's a call.
I understand no 2 hens sound the same but I'm sure u have all heard the guy whaling away on a paddle box call it doesn't take a seasoned pro to tell u that's a call.
05-20-2013, 04:26 AM
#13
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I also went to custom calls.....but as with anything else ...buyer beware....and any custom maker out there that don't stand behind their calls.....see ya.
This has been a bad year for me with my calls, broke a box dangit, flat wore out 2 other boxes due to cutting.......it was the longest cut yet! Man that was fun but the hen came in......and I cracked my double side slate over glass.
That pot is going back in to the maker as I contacted him. Told me he would try...the call was made in 2003!
The boxes....won't even ask...how do you guarantee wood?
But I have a few others .....won't buy again...
So buyer beware.......
JW
This has been a bad year for me with my calls, broke a box dangit, flat wore out 2 other boxes due to cutting.......it was the longest cut yet! Man that was fun but the hen came in......and I cracked my double side slate over glass.
That pot is going back in to the maker as I contacted him. Told me he would try...the call was made in 2003!
The boxes....won't even ask...how do you guarantee wood?
But I have a few others .....won't buy again...
So buyer beware.......
JW
05-20-2013, 05:06 AM
#14
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Missouri
Posts: 156
I have a cody glass I think it was one of the first designs they ever made prob 25 years old. I dropped this call about 12 years ago resulting in a broken sound board sent it back and they repaired it no questions asked. I no longer use this call as any call made from wood that old looses some tone and quality. I do keep it around just for a keep sake as its the call I called my first bird in with.
05-22-2013, 04:55 AM
#16
Fork Horn
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Location: Missouri
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Give them a call I just called them a few weeks ago to order a few strikers very pleasant on the phone threw in a few extra items as well. From everything Iv gathered is its still a fairly small company who may not be sitting at a computer responding to e-mails. Maybe this is bad business but i think they are more old school and don't keep up with e-mails.
05-22-2013, 05:53 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Pa
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Give them a call I just called them a few weeks ago to order a few strikers very pleasant on the phone threw in a few extra items as well. From everything Iv gathered is its still a fairly small company who may not be sitting at a computer responding to e-mails. Maybe this is bad business but i think they are more old school and don't keep up with e-mails.
thanks for the info
05-23-2013, 06:48 AM
#18
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Two hens each with their own chicks are in the field are looking for insects.
The one hen find one and calls to her chicks. Do you think the chicks of the other hen would come to that call?
After a month or so of that they will recognize the call of the mother hen for sure.
The Tom also recognizes the call of a particular hen so if your call happen to mimic closely the pitch of that call, he has no reason not to come, whether it's a cheap call or an expensive one, as long as you are using it right. Of course some are just gullible and want to come anyway.
You can also teach a Tom by association using the same call over and over again and a bang to go with each time. Soon the same Tom will shy away from the same call or decoy for the same reason.
This is just personal field observation nothing more.
The one hen find one and calls to her chicks. Do you think the chicks of the other hen would come to that call?
After a month or so of that they will recognize the call of the mother hen for sure.
The Tom also recognizes the call of a particular hen so if your call happen to mimic closely the pitch of that call, he has no reason not to come, whether it's a cheap call or an expensive one, as long as you are using it right. Of course some are just gullible and want to come anyway.
You can also teach a Tom by association using the same call over and over again and a bang to go with each time. Soon the same Tom will shy away from the same call or decoy for the same reason.
This is just personal field observation nothing more.
05-23-2013, 07:24 AM
#19
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Missouri
Posts: 156
Two hens each with their own chicks are in the field are looking for insects.
The one hen find one and calls to her chicks. Do you think the chicks of the other hen would come to that call?
After a month or so of that they will recognize the call of the mother hen for sure.
The Tom also recognizes the call of a particular hen so if your call happen to mimic closely the pitch of that call, he has no reason not to come, whether it's a cheap call or an expensive one, as long as you are using it right. Of course some are just gullible and want to come anyway.
You can also teach a Tom by association using the same call over and over again and a bang to go with each time. Soon the same Tom will shy away from the same call or decoy for the same reason.
This is just personal field observation nothing more.
The one hen find one and calls to her chicks. Do you think the chicks of the other hen would come to that call?
After a month or so of that they will recognize the call of the mother hen for sure.
The Tom also recognizes the call of a particular hen so if your call happen to mimic closely the pitch of that call, he has no reason not to come, whether it's a cheap call or an expensive one, as long as you are using it right. Of course some are just gullible and want to come anyway.
You can also teach a Tom by association using the same call over and over again and a bang to go with each time. Soon the same Tom will shy away from the same call or decoy for the same reason.
This is just personal field observation nothing more.
05-31-2013, 03:18 AM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pa
Posts: 4,647
I'll tell ya what... I've got a BOX full of custom calls and to me they all sound good... I'm done buyin custom calls... I use a old call I bought from a old man at the Harrisburg show like 18 years ago... I've killed more gobbler with that call than any other call I have... 20 dollar call with a corn cob striker.... I love that thing!!!